§ Lord Harris of Haringeyasked Her Majesty's Government:
What the measles, mumps and rubella immunisation rates were in each of the London health authorities (a) in the latest year for which figures are available, a (b) for each of the previous two years. [HL1400]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Lord Hunt of Kings Heath)The measles, mumps and rubella immunisation rates for children by their second birthday, in each of the London health authorities in the last three years for which information is available, is shown in the following table.
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Percentage of children immunised against measles, mumps and rubella by their 2nd birthday, by health authority. Health Authority 2000–01 1999–00 1998–99 England 87 88 88 London 79 80 82 Barking & Havering 89 88 88 Barnet 83 83 85 Bexley & Greenwich 73 78 83 Brent & Harrow 85 83 87 Bromley 73 81 85 Camden & Islington 81 80 81 Croydon 78 74 71 Ealing, Hammersmith & Hounslow 81 77 81 East London & The City 79 79 79 Enfield & Haringey 78 82 84 Hillingdon 84 85 87 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster 74 76 84 Kingston & Richmond 76 81 81
Percentage of children immunised against measles, mumps and rubella by their 2nd birthday, by health authority. Health Authority 2000–01 1999–00 1998–99 Lambeth, Southwark & Lewisham 73 76 77 Merton, Sutton & Wandsworth 75 82(1) 82(1) Redbridge & Waltham Forest 92 91 91 (1) Data not available: 1997–98 data shown.
§ Lord Harris of Haringeyasked Her Majesty's Government:
What the costs to the National Health Service are of 10,000 doses of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine; and what the costs to the National Health Service would be of 10,000 separate doses of vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella. [HL1402]
§ Lord Hunt of Kings HeathThe United Kingdom is supplied by two manufacturers of MMR vaccine and by one supplier of rubella vaccine. The cost to the Department of Health of purchasing MMR and rubella vaccines is commercially confidential. However, the list price of a single dose of MMR vaccine is £6.23 for that manufactured by SmithKline Beecham and £9.22 for that manufactured by Aventis Pasteur. The list price for rubella vaccine, manufactured by SmithKline Beecham, is £2.53 per vial. Children are recommended to receive two doses of MMR vaccine. Rubella vaccine is recommended for non-immune women. No licensed single component mumps or measles vaccines are manufactured for or marketed in the United Kingdom.
53WASeperate measles, mumps and rubella vaccines in place of MMR have never been recommended by the Government's independent expert advisory committees on immunisation. As a result, no estimates have been made of the cost of giving separate vaccines. Cost is not an issue in decisions over MMR immunisation.